By Are… are they finally coming? | Image: Microsoft
It’s a few days short of two years since Microsoft teased 3D emoji that would eventually replace the company’s old and flat designs that look stuck in Apple’s iOS 7 era. But now the company has released a new Windows Insider Preview Build (25905) that will finally bring more modern 3D looks to your ghost, unicorn, and starry-eyed emoji throughout the OS.
The new emoji in the preview are similar to the ones released in Microsoft Teams last year, which added a gradient style to make the emoji appear 3D.
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The original Windows 11 emoji, the 3D upgrade promised in 2021, and the flat icons that eventually arrived.
These 3D emoji have long been in the works after Microsoft first announced them in July…